State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs South Carolina
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In South Carolina, $120,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50% — not 72.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.8%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+50%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Lawyers
- Median
- $207,860
- p25
- $127,580
- p75
- $322,120
- p10
- $85,200
- p90
- $391,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
South Carolina
Lawyers
- Median
- $120,310
- p25
- $80,870
- p75
- $174,620
- p10
- $63,140
- p90
- $301,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.